COVID-19 Dashboard Changes to Take Effect April 4, 2022
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Past COVID-19 Advisories
Yellowknife, March 29, 2022 – The Chief Public Health Officer (CPHO) is announcing changes to how COVID-19 will be reported. Starting Monday (April 4, 2022) the frequency in which the COVID-19 dashboard is updated will change to the following:
Vaccination coverage and doses will be updated monthly
Regional case counts will be updated weekly
Wastewater surveillance will be updated weekly
Community/regional level COVID-19 surveillance (using a traffic light system, see below) will be updated weekly
The dashboard will be updated on Mondays for weekly updates and the first Monday of every month for monthly updates.
Due to the significant decrease expected in testing and test reporting after the removal of all Public Heath Orders, it is important to recognize that case counts reported will no longer be an exact representation of COVID-19 data. Due to the small populations of many NWT communities, it will no longer be possible to detail individual case counts for many communities due to privacy considerations.
Traffic light system
It is anticipated that clinical testing that does not reveal individual cases will be sufficient to render categories that can be used for evaluating risk. Regional level data will now be presented using colour-coded categories to determine associated risk levels.
CATEGORY
RISK
Green
No locally acquired cases (or 10 or less cases in Yellowknife)
No wastewater detection, or a signal explained by travel-related cases
≥10 locally acquired cases (or ≥ 50 cases in Yellowknife)
Multiple unexpected wastewater detections
Grey
Inadequate testing information
No wastewater sampled
The indicators used to evaluate risk category have been determined by the Health and Social Service’s Population Health unit. While the colour-coded categories will be used to guide school-based public health measures within school settings, the categories will also apply to individuals and organizations who choose to conduct further risk assessments associated with travel and activity.